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SC same-sex marriage: Judge Sets Oct. 23 Deadline for Briefs

Posted By Carrie Warner || 14-Oct-2014

COLUMBIA, SC — A federal judge is undecided on whether to hear arguments
in person from attorneys representing S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley and Attorney
General Alan Wilson as well as lawyers representing a married Lexington
County same sex couple.

Judge Michelle Childs said Tuesday she will decide later, most likely in
November, whether she will hear oral arguments in the ongoing same sex
marriage case that will determine whether bans on same sex marriage in
existing South Carolina law and the state constitution will be overturned.

Childs made her statement in a written order filed Tuesday morning in the
case in U.S. District Court in Columbia.

In the order, Childs set forth the schedule for opposing attorneys in the
case to file written briefs and responses.

All written briefs from each side must be submitted to her by Oct. 23,
she wrote. Childs gave the parties an additional 21 days to file replies.

“If the court decides to have a hearing, it will be scheduled no
earlier than 14 days after the filing or replies,” Childs wrote.

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